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Oral history interview with Yuri Samuilovich Rachman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1287.27 | RG Number: RG-50.226.0027

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    Oral history interview with Yuri Samuilovich Rachman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Yuri Samuilovich Rachman, born in 1928 in Vinnitsa (Vinnytsia), Ukraine, describes his family and education; the unsuccessful attempt of his family to evacuate Vinnitsa in 1941; a pogrom led by German soldiers in 1941; the death of his brother, mother, and grandmother; leaving the village with his father; traveling to Staryi Gorod where there was less Jewish persecution; receiving shelter from a village woman; staying in Staryi Gorod until 1942, working in the village; the order by German authorities for all Jews from local villages to gather; his transfer with his father to a concentration camp outside of Vinnitsa; harsh conditions in the camp where guards killed those who could not work; escaping the camp with his father and his father’s friend; hiding in the house of a friend of his father's; living and working in the ghetto of Vinnitsa; German soldiers killing the elderly in the ghetto in 1943; escaping from the ghetto; traveling to Tuit'ki (Tiut'ky) and receiving shelter from friends; leaving Tuit'ki and receiving help crossing a river from a villager; traveling to Krasnoe and living on a Jewish collective farm; being taken with a group of Jews by policemen to Zhmerinka (Zhmerynka); his transfer to the village of Tree Khatki to repair a railway station to aid in their retreat; escaping from the camp by train; traveling to Ghmerinka and then continuing on foot; liberation of the village in which they stayed in 1944; returning to Vinnitsa and discovering another family living in their apartment; his father receiving permission to live in any empty apartment; and his life after the war.
    Interviewee
    Yuri S. Rachman
    Date
    interview:  1994 August
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Russian
    Extent
    4 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Yuri Samuilovich Rachman in Ukraine in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in March 1995.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:22:20
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